I would be an awesome and amazing foresight of the Tokugawa Shogunate!!!!If 16th century Japan sensing the coming tide of Europeans, decided to embark on a process to keep it the most modern of world nations could it have achieved industrialization before any country in Europe?
Implausible. Japan was only able to industrialize since the British already set up the footwork on how to industrialize.If 16th century Japan sensing the coming tide of Europeans, decided to embark on a process to keep it the most modern of world nations could it have achieved industrialization before any country in Europe?